Hard Boiled Wonderland End World by Haruki Murakami (190 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9780099448785 N.A.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback. Condition: Used, very good. Almost like new paperback without jacket. Ivory cover, copyright 1985 but probably later printing, 471pp. Very slight wear, clean, unmarked. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing with full number line. A near fine copy with a light bump at bottom of spine in a near fine DJ with tiny tips of wear on lower corners, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #169.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9781784878917 N.A.

Taschenbuch oder Softcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Zustand: AKZEPTABLER Zustand. Englisch 289g.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 11 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good+. First Edition. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. First printing. Very good+/Near fine dust jacket, not price clipped--minor rubbing to edges. Tight book with stiff boards and sharp corners. Foxing to top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, with complete number line. A clean unopened copy. With handsome dark pink maps on endpapers. Silver spine gilting is sparkling. JAcket is glossy and bright on front, and has original price on inner flap. It has a short closed tear at upper spine, and slight edgewear, so doesn't look altogether fresh, but is in presentable shape. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Hardcover. First British edition (& 1st printing). Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. First printing with ''1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'' on copyright page. This UK edition is much more uncommon than the US 1st edition. Page edges just a little browned else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket, a little light edge wear in several places.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. 400pp. Octavo [24cm]. 1/4 black cloth with dark mauve boards. Title stamped in silver on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Gentle bruising to the foot of the spine and front board. In the pictorial dust jacket, with moderate surface rubbing. A nice copy of this early novel from Haruki Murakami. The Japanese author has achieved both critical acclaim and a cult following with his dreamlike and philosophical works.

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First British edition, first printing with "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on copyright page. "An unnamed but decidedly hard-boiled detective takes on a strange case involving a brilliant but naive elderly scientist, his beautiful, apparently mute granddaughter, some very strange technology, and what appear to be kappas, traditional Japanese monsters. In alternating chapters a different unnamed narrator visits a town at the end of the world, where things aren't what they seem and unicorns are common. This strange and surrealistic novel by a mainstream writer who occasionally strays into genre territory is heavily influenced by the cyberpunks." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-792. The author's fourth novel and his second to be translated into English. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-792. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with £14.99 price printed on front flap. (#158572).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A novel. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. First American printing. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. ; 400 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED & DATED first print, first US edition hardcover in mylar protected dust jacket. very nice copy, small block of pages bound slightly off (see photo) o/w nf/nf; no marks, not remaindered, not exlib, dj price intact, number line down to 1. fiction hardcover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A scarce example of a signed first edition, first printing. Book is about near fine, showing some signs of handling and shelving, jacket is near fine minus with faint toning to spine and rubbing to edges. An increasingly relevant part of Murakami's canon, with the publication of his new novel The City and its Uncertain Walls. Octavo, 403 pages, red paper boards, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Slight bumping to end of spine. Very slight stain to back cover. Lacking dust jacket. A great first edition by the Japanese writer, translated by Alfred Birnbaum.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. ''First edition , 1991/91 92 93 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'' on copyright page. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Japan, 1985. 347 & 397 pp. Softcovers. Fine.ISBN 9784101001357 & 9784101001340. [158070].

First edition. Folding frontispiece map on verso of folding title-page. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo. Original blind-stamped pink cloth in plain glassine dust-jacket and slipcase with obi.  A fine copy. 618, [6]pp. Tokyo, Shinkosha,  Murakami's fourth book, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was awarded the Tanizaki prize in 1985.    The book is a dystopian depiction of a society overcome with artificial intelligence and strictly regulated data. The story alternates between two places and storylines ? in the Hard-Boiled Wonderland chapters, the protagonist is a young 'Calcutec' (or Keisanshi ? a person who is used to process and encrypt data) working in a complex underground network in Tokyo, while in The End of the World chapters, the protagonist exists within an walled town where he visits a library by night to learn how to read dreams from unicorn skulls. As the two plot lines intertwine, the reader is presented with a surrealist portrait of the narrator who is caught between multiple worlds and states of mind. A masterful combination of Murakami's signature magic realism and dystopian ideas, the book was praised for its contribution to sci-fi literature.   According to an interview by The Paris Review in 2004, it was Murakami's favourite novel among his works.